In a 5-2 decision, the court said a 180-day suspension recommended by the Judicial Tenure Commission is too lax and Adams, who serves as a family court judge, should be removed from the bench.

“Testifying falsely under oath is antithetical to the role of a judge who is sworn to uphold the law and seek the truth,” said Justice Stephen Markman, who was joined in the majority opinion by Chief Justice Robert Young, Jr. and Justices Mary Beth Kelly, Brian Zahra and David Viviano.

“When a judge testifies falsely under oath, he or she has failed to demonstrate in his or her personal affairs standards of conduct indispensable to a judge of this state and becomes unfit to sit in judgment of others.”

Adams, reached at her Detroit office, said she hadn’t heard about the opinion. “I don’t have any comment,” she said.

An attorney representing Adams could not immediately be reached for comment. Under Michigan court rules, the only avenue of appeal is seeking a rehearing with the same justices who handed down today’s opinion.

The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission charged Adams with professional misconduct in 2012, saying she lied to a judge and forged a signature on a document in her 2011 divorce case.

The commission said Adams lied to Oakland County Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Brennan about repeatedly calling her office concerning her divorce from former Detroit Deputy Mayor Anthony Adams. After the divorce was finalized, the commission said, Ross Adams forged her lawyer's name to a court document. The commission said Ross Adams lied when it confronted her about both incidents.

Ross Adams, a former 36th District Court magistrate, was appointed 36th District judge in 1997 and Wayne County Circuit judge in 2006.